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This section considers studies into speciation and the role of inheritance and variation in individuals and among populations in evolution.
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Homoplasy affects demographic inference estimates. This effect has been recognized and corrective methods have been developed. However, no studies so far have defined what homoplasy metrics best describe the e...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:213
Published on: 11 September 2017
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Pleistocene climatic fluctuations are known to be an engine of biotic diversification at higher latitudes, but their impact on highly diverse tropical areas such as the Andes remains less well-documented. Spec...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:210
Published on: 1 September 2017
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For Lake Victoria cichlid species inhabiting rocky substrates with differing light regimes, it has been proposed that adaptation of the long-wavelength-sensitive (LWS) opsin gene triggered speciation by sensory d...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:200
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Satellite DNAs (stDNAs) are highly repeated sequences that constitute large portions of any genome. The evolutionary dynamics of stDNA (e.g. copy number, nucleotide sequence, location) can, therefore, provide ...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:193
Published on: 16 August 2017
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Past events like fluctuations in population size and post-glacial colonization processes may influence the relative importance of genetic drift, migration and selection when determining the present day pattern...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:189
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Small insertions and deletions occur in humans at a lower rate compared to nucleotide changes, but evolve under more constraint than nucleotide changes. While the evolution of insertions and deletions have bee...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:179
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Demographic bottlenecks erode genetic diversity and may increase endangered species’ extinction risk via decreased fitness and adaptive potential. The genetic status of species is generally assessed using neut...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:158
Published on: 4 July 2017
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The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) plays a central role in immunity and has been given considerable attention by evolutionary ecologists due to its associations with fitness-related traits. Songbirds h...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:152
Published on: 26 June 2017
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Triticeae, the tribe of wheat grasses, harbours the cereals barley, rye and wheat and their wild relatives. Although economically important, relationships within the tribe are still not understood. We analysed...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:141
Published on: 16 June 2017
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Evolutionary shifts in bacterial virulence are often associated with a third biological player, for instance temperate phages, that can act as hyperparasites. By integrating as prophages into the bacterial gen...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:98
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Many fungal species occur across a variety of habitats. Particularly lichens, fungi forming symbioses with photosynthetic partners, have evolved remarkable tolerances for environmental extremes. Despite their ...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:93
Published on: 31 March 2017
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Very little is known on how changes in circadian rhythms evolve. The noctuid moth Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) consists of two strains that exhibit allochronic differentiation in their mating ti...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:68
Published on: 6 March 2017
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Measuring the evolutionary rate of reproductive isolation is essential to understanding how new species form. Tempo calculations typically rely on fossil records, geological events, and molecular evolution ana...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:37
Published on: 26 January 2017
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The analysis of hybrid zones is crucial for gaining a mechanistic understanding of the process of speciation and the maintenance of species boundaries. Hybrid zones have been studied intensively in terrestrial...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:13
Published on: 13 January 2017
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The evolutionary dynamics of repeat sequences is quite complex, with some duplicates never having differentiated from each other. Two models can explain the complex evolutionary process for repeated genes—conc...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:10
Published on: 11 January 2017
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As bats have recently been described to harbor many different viruses, several studies have investigated the genetic co-variation between viruses and different bat species. However, little is known about the g...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:5
Published on: 5 January 2017
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Ancient Lake Ohrid, located on the Albania-Macedonia border, is the most biodiverse freshwater lake in Europe. However, the processes that gave rise to its extraordinary endemic biodiversity, particularly in t...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2016 16:273
Published on: 15 December 2016
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Evolutionary histories of parasite and host populations are intimately linked such that their spatial genetic structures may be correlated. While these processes have been relatively well studied in specialist...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2016 16:268
Published on: 7 December 2016
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As global climate change transforms average temperature and rainfall, species distributions may meet, increasing the potential for hybridization and altering individual fitness and population growth. Altered r...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2016 16:266
Published on: 7 December 2016
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A common, 32kb deletion of LCE3B and LCE3C genes is strongly associated with psoriasis. We recently found that this deletion is ancient, predating Human-Denisovan divergence. However, it was not clear why negativ...
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2016 16:265
Published on: 5 December 2016
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